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The blurb:
'Before your mother died, she asked
me to tell you something …'
When Amber Church was three, her
mother was killed in a car accident. A stranger was at the scene and now,
nearly thirty years later, she's desperate to talk to Amber.
Living in London and not-so-happily
married to Ned, Amber is greeted one morning by two pieces of news: she's to be
made redundant from her City job and her beloved father, across the world in
Australia where she grew up, has been felled by a stroke. She takes the first
plane out to be by his side, leaving Ned uncertain as to when she will return.
Reunited with her old friends, Amber is forced to confront her feelings for
Ethan Lockwood, the gorgeous, green-eyed man she fell for as a young girl.
And then Amber receives a letter
that changes everything …
My Opinion:
*Book provided by the publisher in
exchange for an honest review*
Ok, yes I’m a big Paige Toon fan and I was waiting for
this like a little child! Paige has a way to engage me as a reader and she did
it again with this one!!!
The story follows Amber Church, who returns to
Australia after her father had a stroke. She lives in London, with her husband
Ned, bad sadly he couldn’t join her. He is busy with work and always goes for
drinks with his boss Zara. Amber doesn’t like this… She also was just been made
redundant, which is the perfect time to get away, but what will she do when
she’s back?!
Being back means dealing with her dad’s partner Liz,
they have never seen eye to eye and it also means seeing her friends again. One
of them makes her feel nervous though, because she has been in love with him
all her life. They have been great friends and he got married quiet early, so
he doesn’t know how she feels.
Amber’s feelings for Ethan are still very strong and
after spending a lot of time together one thing leads to another. But what
about Ned and their marriage?!
When a letter arrives for her, she is about to
discover something about her mum. This doesn’t make the situation easier. There
is even more drama added to the story, which makes it all really exciting and
gripping! I couldn’t put the book down, I was so hooked!
The characters are so well lined out and they have a
lot of history. I really liked all of them. Amber and Ethan had great chemistry
and I felt like being part of their story, they seemed so close. I fell for
Ethan really fast, but then he confused me with some of his actions and
decisions. Also Amber had her moments where I just thought: WHY OH WHY!!! This
didn’t disturb me in the slightest though, it was part of the story and it also
made it more interesting and fascinating.
The storyline is full of surprises and exciting
moments, I enjoyed every single chapter and I was impressed with how Paige put
it all together. I went through a range of emotions with this book and that’s
what reading is about. Paige’s writing is brilliant and fabulous.
I loved chapter 35, because it was set in Key West
<3. It was great to have Leo there. There were also some other mentions for Paige's previous books and I really love that about her stories. I had to laugh when I saw Ned's boss' name and of course there are some ties to Pictures of Lily <3.
At one point Ned joins her in Australia, I really
liked him. I loved how some chapters were telling us how they met and what
happened in their relationship. It made me understand their relationship
better.
So is it Ned or Ethan?! I’m glad I didn’t have to make
the decision, poor Amber though. Either way, I was a little surprised with the
end and with some things that happened, but they made me happy. I guess I would
have been happy with the other choice as well.
Paige’s writing is full of love, warmth, humour and
cleverness! Just BRILLIANT and FABULOUS!!!
Rating:
My possible cast:
Amber: Lauren Samuels
Ethan: Colin
Egglesfield
Ned: Benjamin
Eidem
Paige on Twitter: @PaigeToonAuthor
Website: http://www.paigetoon.com
